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Saturday, 12 August 2017

Gambia probe ex-President, Yahya Jammeh

In Gambia, A commission in charge of investigating former President Yahya Jammeh’s finances started its hearings .
The country’s ministry of justice believes that tens of million dollars
of public money was looted from state funds by the former leader during
his 22-year rule. Three bankers and the director of the revenue
service were questioned at the start of the public hearings.

The mining activities of one of Mr Jammeh’s companies, and the
alleged disappearance of taxpayer’s money are all under investigation as
well. The charity of the former ruler, the Jammeh Foundation for Peace is also under scrutiny.

The commission of investigation was set up by the new government of President Adama Barrow
in July. Its five members will look into allegations of abuse of
power, embezzlement of public funds, and possible violations of the
constitution.

Earlier in the year, $50m in assets, including 86 bank accounts and
over 100 properties were seized by the government from Mr Jammeh
who ruled The Gambia for 22 years until he lost the 2016 elections to
Barrow. In January he fled the country and settled in Equatorial Guinea.